Chapter 72 Seven Kills
Lin Feng felt like he was about to suffocate as he beheld a scene he could scarcely believe.
A man in white was sitting cross-legged in the great hall, enveloped by Divine Light, with Heaven and Earth Energy converging into his body—he appeared to be in Cultivation.
Outside, the corpses of powerful figures lay scattered about! Countless peerless beings had been buried.
Yet inside the inner hall sat such a valiant man.
Lin Feng and Long Yuxi immediately thought of a possibility.
Could it be that this man before them had killed all those powerful beings outside?
Lin Feng and Long Yuxi felt like they were choking, finding it hard to breathe.
It seemed they were terrified of waking this peerless being who, for heaven knows how many tens of thousands of years, had not died.
Should they awaken this person, might he not slay them just as he had slain those outside?
It was certainly possible.
Lin Feng and Long Yuxi both moved back towards the outside, unwilling to stay any longer in this unsettling place.
Suddenly, Lin Feng sensed something was amiss.
He said, "Yuxi, do you notice something strange about this... predecessor...?"
Long Yuxi also sensed that something was off and said, "It seems... he's not alive?"
Although the man was surrounded by Divine Light as if resurrected, Lin Feng and Long Yuxi could still sense something extraordinary about him—that there was no sign of life.
Alive people have vitality! Dead people are shrouded in Death Qi!
Though they hadn't felt the breath of death from this man, there indeed was no vitality present.
This likely was not a living person.
"Perhaps we were mistaken. This mysterious individual might belong to the same group as those Cultivators who died outside. His Cultivation was just so powerful that, after countless years, his physical body hasn't decayed," Lin Feng said.
This truth was incredibly hard to believe. Figures as powerful as "Li Taixuan" had turned to bones, yet the body of the valiant man in front of them remained unharmed.
How immensely powerful must his Cultivation be to achieve such a state? Indeed, it moved Lin Feng and Long Yuxi deeply.
Long Yuxi reached out to touch the valiant man.
Buzz…
Suddenly, a shocking wave of energy emanated from the valiant man's body.
And then his body transformed into a rainbow and dissipated into the air.
"Disappeared," Long Yuxi exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Feng said, "Vanished into a rainbow! Legend has it that only those extremely powerful beings, upon their death, have their physical bodies vanish into a rainbow. It is to prevent desecration of their bodies—vanishing into a rainbow so that dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth."
Long Yuxi nodded. The identity of the valiant man was unknown, and having passed away sitting here, now he vanished into a rainbow, leaving one filled with countless emotions. Even beings as powerful as he couldn't escape the fate of death.
"Here are some characters!" Long Yuxi pointed to the ground.
Lin Feng looked.
"Who in the world could possess Eternal Life? In the end, all is but a void!"
Seeing these words, both Lin Feng and Long Yuxi were visibly shaken.
Had this powerful character entered the Eternal Life Divine Hall in search of the secrets of Eternal Life?
Who in the world could possess Eternal Life, was he questioning the heavens?
In the end, all is but a void!
It revealed so much bitterness and unwillingness!
After enduring the hardship of endless years of Cultivation, to meet such an end in the end.
Lin Feng felt as if he could sense the helplessness and lament of that peerless powerhouse.
The path of cultivation was long and arduous, who knew where the end lay? In the pursuit of the Longevity Skill, seeking the secrets of Eternal Life, in the end, it all turned out to be but an illusion, a joyous celebration that was all for naught.
"Lin Feng, look inside," Long Yuxi said, pointing towards a room deep inside.
Lin Feng came back to his senses and walked in with Long Yuxi.
The room was filled with a horrifying, distorted force, making it difficult to approach; Lin Feng and Long Yuxi stopped outside the room and peered into its depths, where they saw two twisted Space-time Gates.
The left gate led into darkness, its destination unknown, with the character "death" written on it in Divine Demon Blood.
The Divine Demon Blood never dried, emitting a strange luster and power that made one feel suffocated.
The other twisted Space-time Gate was surrounded by a golden glow. Atop the gateway, resplendent in golden light, was the character "life".
"It's the Gate of Life and Death!" Long Yuxi exclaimed, "This is the Gate of Life and Death from Qimen Dunjia! Perhaps this is the way out."
"Gate of Life and Death?" Lin Feng looked at Long Yuxi with confusion. He had never come into contact with these things before, as he came from a small force and hadn't heard of many things.
Long Yuxi continued, "The Gate of Life and Death connects life and death. The Life Gate leads to survival, while the Death Gate is full of danger."
Looking at the Life Gate and Death Gate, Lin Feng furrowed his brow slightly and said, "I have a feeling something's not right here."
It was a very strange sensation; both the Life Gate and the Death Gate gave Lin Feng an eerie feeling.
"I've only heard about the Gate of Life and Death, never seen it myself," Long Yuxi added.
Lin Feng said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go check out the mysteries of this Gate of Life and Death."
He walked into the room.
Boom.
An overwhelming force pressed down on him as if the weight of an Ancient Divine Mountain was on Lin Feng's body, preventing anyone from getting close to the Gate of Life and Death.
Lin Feng gritted his teeth and moved with difficulty towards the room. Finally, he entered and cast his gaze upon the Life Gate, then walked towards it.
The oppressive force inside the room was even more terrifying. Lin Feng felt his bones crackling, as if his physical body was about to be crushed into pulp.
If it were someone else, they might not have been able to withstand it, but Lin Feng's physical body was incredibly strong. Furthermore, he was channeling the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique to resist the terrible pressure, and finally, Lin Feng reached the front of the Life Gate.
But at that moment, something horrific happened.
Suddenly, the resplendent "life" character started bleeding fresh blood.
The originally golden Life Gate instantly turned sinister with ghostly energy, the endless black mist engulfing it as if it were the Gate of Hell leading to the Netherworld.
On the gate appeared seven blood-drenched characters for "kill".
A series of low and hoarse voices echoed in Lin Feng's mind.
"Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill."
"One Kill Heaven!"
"Second Kill Earth!"
"Third Kill All Gods!"
"Fourth Kill Group Immortals!"
"Five Kills Ancient Demon!"
"Six Killings of All Buddhas!"
"Seven Kills All Living Beings!"
The sounds of Seven Kills resonated in Lin Feng's mind, and in an instant, Lin Feng felt enveloped by an infinite coldness and darkness.
Pfft...
It was as though an invisible force struck Lin Feng, causing dense cracks to appear on his body, his entire being starting to fracture like porcelain.
"Ah!" Lin Feng watched his body crack open and screamed in terror.